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Mallotus philippensis (Lam.) Müll.-Arg. Euphorbiaceae

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Mallotus philippensis (Lam.) Müll.-Arg.: Echinus philippinensis Baill.; Rotlera tinctoria Roxb.

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  1. Molecular Biotechnology Unit, Faculty of Science, Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), Lalitpur, Nepal

    Ram C. Paudel

  2. Cultural Geography, Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

    Ripu M. Kunwar

  3. Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Ripu M. Kunwar

  4. Islamia College Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan

    Hammad Ahmad Jan

  5. Department of Environment Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan

    Arshad Mehmood Abbasi

  6. Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Rainer W. Bussmann & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  7. Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia

    Rainer W. Bussmann

  8. Herbario Nacionál de Bolivia, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

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Paudel, R.C., Kunwar, R.M., Jan, H.A., Abbasi, A.M., Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y. (2021). Mallotus philippensis (Lam.) Müll.-Arg. Euphorbiaceae. In: Kunwar, R.M., Sher, H., Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Himalayas. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45597-2_147-2

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